The Ukrainian counteroffensive is gaining ground in small but steady steps. And Putin’s troops appear to be having greater difficulty containing Kiev’s advance. On the contrary, the situation is turning and the Moscow army’s attempts to regain control of the areas near Bakhmut and Orichiv liberated from the Ukrainian armed forces have failed. The British Ministry of Defense stated this in its usual intelligence report in recent days. Last week, Russian troops made “concerted efforts to carry out local counterattacks against the offensive of Ukrainian forces in both the Orichiv and Bakhmut directions.” In both cases they were rejected. But what is really happening in what has been dubbed the “Hell of Bakhmut” in recent months, the scene of the fiercest battle of the entire ongoing conflict?